PhilFree Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/gang-snatch-100-000-wristwatch-183358887.html I couldn't imagine losing a £100,000 watch. Either they had been watching the person for some time, or it was a setup by an inside person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woof* Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Well yeah, they had to know he was wearing it. What are dark skinned europeons anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronoluvvv Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Well yeah, they had to know he was wearing it. What are dark skinned europeons anyway? gypsies ? LoL either way I call B/S on the story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankt Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Back in the days of the "Twist-O-Flex" style expansion bracelets, it was a fairly common occurrence among my shipmates to have their watches snatched off their wrists by a pair of locals on a scooter going by on the streets of Hong Kong ..... We were warned to not wear watches so equipped on liberty call!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r3zn Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 lol sounds like gypsies to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixen Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Well yeah, they had to know he was wearing it. What are dark skinned europeons anyway? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbjoer Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 They may not have known the value of this one. The location and time alone make it pretty likely that you would be able to get a decent watch from any victim. Getting this particular one may actually not be that great for the muggers as it will be far more difficult to sell than a standard Rollie. A female freind of mine was held up at knife point in broad daylight on my doorstep by two guys assisted by a third in a car. She had been followed from the City (financial district) was well dressed and in a nice car. They just picked on her due to general apperance and location. A witness got the registration no of the get-away car, and it turned out that the gang routinely would identify a well dressed person, follow the victim home and do the attack there. Still, this sort of thing is very unusual in London and personally I would feel pretty safe walking the streets at night there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtraExtra Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 It does sound like bs......maybe an insurance scam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddalondon Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 Come on boys - which one of you was it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilFree Posted April 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 Come on boys - which one of you was it? I just bought a new watch cheap. The Eastern European I bought it from told me it was left to him by a rich uncle. Unfortunately he doesn't have the papers or box. Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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